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CAPTCHAs are over (in ticketing)

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204 points pabs3 | 1 comments | 25 May 25 00:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.217s | source
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Incipient ◴[25 May 25 08:07 UTC] No.44086331[source]▶
This is a trivially solvable problem with essentially little friction for buyers.

The industry doesn't WANT to solve this. I don't see why anyone believes or entertains the idea they are even trying.

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mqus ◴[25 May 25 21:01 UTC] No.44091086[source]▶
The author builds a ticket system and says it's not trivially solveable. What's your trivial solution then?
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Incipient ◴[26 May 25 02:05 UTC] No.44093275[source]▶
Names on tickets, and an in-application/website transfer+fee process that stops people putting on a mark up.

Revert to the current anonymous ticket process for any lower popularity event for simplicity if required.

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1. Etheryte ◴[26 May 25 08:27 UTC] No.44095249[source]▶
Many small venues do this where I'm from and it works like a charm. Even just name on ticket without any further transfer option works well. Not sure if you're going? Don't buy a ticket, more tickets for people who are going for sure.